This novel would be a fantastic read aloud, small or large group. With so many varying characters, worlds, and plots, children would have fun discovering this book together and ultimately uncovering the humanity behind the Artemis’ deception.

I read this book because it was recommended to Harry Potter fans, but the comparison is an insult to J.K. Rowling. This book was terrible. Terrible. I tried to see what anyone could like about it, but... no. The characters were unlikable, the plot was dull.

Artemis Fowl is about our world but with fairies and magic. But the normal humans can't see the fairies. Artemis Fowl is a know it all genius and he's only twelve. Artemis want to get his family fortune back. To do this he needs to steal fairy gold. He sets up this giant plan and needs to kidnap a fairy to do this. In the end he lets the fairy go and gets half the gold he wants.I thought Artemis Fowl was a reasonable book. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was because sometimes the story moved to quickly and was hard to grasp. Other than that I really liked it and would like to read more in series. I liked the idea and the premise of the book.The introduction was very informative. The fact that is was different than any other fairy book I read was cool. Overall I thought the book was pretty good. ( )

'Artemis Fowl' is a great book for the following reasons. First, " Artemis Fowl" is has a very great storyline, it makes you think and wonder about what will happen. For example, Artemis is trying to restore his families riches by stealing Farie gold. Secondly,Artemis Fowl is a has a different structure than most book witch make it interesting. For example, the book is told from two perspectives. Lastly, the characters personality are very creative and unique. For example, Butler is a very tough person that's job is to protect him, but Artemis is very close to Butler.

Artemis is a young 12 year old boy who is a mastermind. his plan is steal fairies gold. First he has to go to a old drunken farie and steal the book of fairies, he now knows all about fairies. Once he deciphers the book he now has to find a farie. Once he does he puts a ransom on the farie. When the other faries come to get the hostage, Artemis tricks them into to putting a time stop on the house (which stops time). This lets him escape with the ransom.In the next day his mom came back from her shock of her husbands death. ( )

The truth is, fairies in their essence are said to possess glamour, a word that originally meant something like charm -- the ability to bewitch. Hardware may intrigue, caustic belligerence may be sexy to a contemporary 12-year-old, but neither ingredient bewitches. Despite a brave and promising premise, ''Artemis Fowl'' is charmless.

The combination of choppy sentences and ornate language will appeal to some readers, although not necessarily to Harry Potter fans; the emphasis here is more on action (some of it gory), technology, and deadpan humor than on magic, and only one character (Artemis) is a child.

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. With two trusty sidekicks in tow, he hatches a cunning plot to divest the fairyfolk of their pot of gold. Of course, he isn't foolish enough to believe in all that "gold at the end of the rainbow" nonsense. Rather, he knows that the only way to separate the little people from their stash is to kidnap one of them and wait for the ransom to arrive. But when the time comes to put his plan into action, he doesn't count on the appearance of the extrasmall, pointy-eared Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit--and her senior officer, Commander Root, a man (sorry, elf) who will stop at nothing to get her back.

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An evil genius kidnaps a fairy captain to hold her ransom.(marcusbrutus)

At last, one of the most talked-about novels of last year is now available in an accessible mass-market edition. Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories-they're dangerous!

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.